How to fix “an antivirus program is preventing you from opening an Office document” error?

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Be it Norton, McAfee or any other security software, the basic feature of it is to provide protection against viruses, ensuring safe browsing as well as safe online transactions. You can also be sure of the privacy of your confidential data that is transferred over web. The antivirus also blocks downloading any attachment from your email, if it founds it infected. It may also stop any particular file or document to open.

Sometimes while accessing your Office documents, you may receive a message that “an antivirus program is preventing you from opening anOffice/Setup document. There could be different reasons for this error to occur. These possible reasons are:

The file you are attempting to open is infected with a virus that the installed antivirus is not able to remove

The file you are attempting to open has been corrputed

The antivirus you have installed and the Office version you are using are not compatible

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